Amos 3:9 Cross References - Rotherham

⁹ Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt,––and say ye––Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye––the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her.

²⁴ yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger? ²⁵ Then will men say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers,––which he solemnised with them, when he brought them forth, out of the land of Egypt; ²⁶ and went and served other gods, and bowed down to them,––gods which they had not known, and in which he had given them no share: ²⁷ therefore did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon that land,––to bring in upon it all the curse that is written in this scroll; ²⁸ and therefore hath Yahweh, rooted them out, from off their own soil, in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation,––and cast them into another land, as at this day.

¹ Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God,––brought it in from Eben–ezer, unto Ashdod.

²⁰ Do not tell it in Gath, Do not publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,––lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the Uncircumcised triumph.

¹⁰ For––pass through the coastlands of the West, and see, And, unto Kedar, send ye and, consider diligently,––And see––whether there hath been the like of this! ¹¹ Hath, a nation, changed, gods, although, they, were No–gods? Yet, my people, have changed my glory, for that which could not profit!

⁸ Then shall many nations pass by this city,––and shall say, every man to his neighbour, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this great city? ⁹ And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God,––And bowed down to other, gods, And served them.

⁵ Again, shalt thou plant vineyards, in the mountains of Samaria, The planters have planted, and have laid open [the vineyards].

⁷ For, thus, saith Yahweh––Shout ye for Jacob, with gladness, Make shrill thy voice, as the head of the nations,––Publish ye, praise ye, and say, Save thou, O Yahweh, thy people, the remnant of Israel. ⁸ Behold me! bringing them in out of the land of the North, And I will gather them out of the remote parts of the earth, Among them, the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she that giveth birth, together,––A great convocation, shall return hither: ⁹ With weeping, shall they come in, And, with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters, By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble,––For I have become, to Israel, a father, And, as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!

¹⁴ Tell ye it in Egypt, And let it be heard in Migdol, Yea let it be heard in Noph, and in Tahpanhes,––Say ye––Stand thou forth, and prepare thyself, For a sword hath devoured round about thee.

² Tell ye among the nations, And let it be heard, And lift ye up a standard, Let it be heard, do not conceal: Say ye––Captured, is Babylon, Confounded, is Bel, Broken in pieces, is Merodach, Confounded, are her images, Broken down, her manufactured gods;

⁸ But, ye, O mountains of Israel, Your boughs, shall ye shoot forth, And, your fruit, shall ye bear, For my people Israel, For they have drawn near to enter,

²² And will make of them one, nation in the land, among the mountains of Israel, And, one king, shall they all, have, for king,––And they shall remain no longer, two nations, Nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms, any more.

⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitant out of Ashdod, and the holder of the sceptre out of Ashkelon,––and will turn my hand against Ekron, So shall perish the remnant of the Philistines, saith My Lord, Yahweh.

¹ Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,––who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!

¹ Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria,––the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel.

⁶ Who buy––for silver––the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,––and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.